Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop (Post 54109)

WOW - calm down!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE POST!

1. I do not allow for sowing discord. I was simply saying - that if you do not agree - put your disagreement aside for the sake of ministering to others where you are!

2. I am not FOR "pushing the envelope" - I was saying "Don't Push the Envelope!"

3. He did not say he was a PASTOR - From what I understand - this person has some areas of responsibility - a SS teacher maybe or the treasurer or an usher - who knows??? They were concerned that other people - WHOM THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR - were not modest. That is the PASTORS responsibility and not another saint or even minister in the Church responsibility to deal with.


If you are NOT the pastor (and have not been given the responsibilty of pastoring people) - it is none of your Cotton pickin' business what others wear. It is NOT your responsibility to deal with it or to worry about it - there are too many people in the church that make everybody Else's business their own and their own house is a mess. JMHO!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop (Post 54115)

Dan - did you get all that negative stuff out of my post?

Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop (Post 54109)

WOW - calm down!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE POST!

1. I do not allow for sowing discord. I was simply saying - that if you do not agree - put your disagreement aside for the sake of ministering to others where you are!...

If you are NOT the pastor (and have not been given the responsibilty of pastoring people) - it is none of your Cotton pickin' business...

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I didn't think you were, Kutless. I was disagreeing with AB, not you. He has a rather short fuse, you know. ...fun to observe....

Originally Posted by Ronzo (Post 54085)

Who are you kidding? I'm petrified of you.

When you start picking my posts apart, I want to run and hide.

Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop (Post 54115)

Dan - did you get all that negative stuff out of my post?

Originally Posted by MissBrattified (Post 54122)

Okay, so you were actually encouraging submission to authority. Forgive me for reading the post with another, preconceived idea about your perspectives that may have tainted my response. :friend

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea (Post 54127)

Originally Posted by MissBrattified (Post 54122)

Okay, so you were actually encouraging submission to authority. Forgive me for reading the post with another, preconceived idea about your perspectives that may have tainted my response. :friend

Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop (Post 54135)

I was absolutely encouraging submission to authority! When I was in the UPC - especially toward the end - I still did not have a TV. I did not have one for 18 years. As long as I was in the organization - I obeyed the rules.
If you are going to be in it - you should obey their rules and respect their standards. When I go to a UPC church to minister - I shave! We attend a local very strict Apostolic Church here in Atlanta about twice a month on Sunday nights (we only have Sunday mornings where I pastor) and my wife takes her earrings off and usually wears her hair up. I take off my wedding ring and we respect the rules of the house.